This summer Sophia Z. '19 will be joining other rising junior and senior high school students in Washington D.C. for the ACLU Summer Advocacy Institute, an advanced, firsthand learning experience tailored for the next generation of social justice advocates.

During the 8-day program students will be fully immersed in the real world of politics and legal decision making through meeting with elected officials and will learn directly from lawyers, lobbyists, civil rights pioneers and current youth activists through classroom sessions, lectures, workshops and daily debates to explore the complex nature of defending and advancing civil liberties and examine the importance of these freedoms in our current society.

Close Up Foundation, a D.C.-based civic education non-profit, will serve as an ACLU partner to work with students to hone their skills as issue-focused campaigners.